require 'rexml/functions' require 'rexml/xpath_parser' module REXML # Wrapper class. Use this class to access the XPath functions. class XPath include Functions EMPTY_HASH = {} # Finds and returns the first node that matches the supplied xpath. # element:: # The context element # path:: # The xpath to search for. If not supplied or nil, returns the first # node matching '*'. # namespaces:: # If supplied, a Hash which defines a namespace mapping. # # XPath.first( node ) # XPath.first( doc, "//b"} ) # XPath.first( node, "a/x:b", { "x"=>"http://doofus" } ) def XPath::first element, path=nil, namespaces=nil, variables={} raise "The namespaces argument, if supplied, must be a hash object." unless namespaces.nil? or namespaces.kind_of?(Hash) raise "The variables argument, if supplied, must be a hash object." unless variables.kind_of?(Hash) parser = XPathParser.new parser.namespaces = namespaces parser.variables = variables path = "*" unless path element = [element] unless element.kind_of? Array parser.parse(path, element).flatten[0] end # Iterates over nodes that match the given path, calling the supplied # block with the match. # element:: # The context element # path:: # The xpath to search for. If not supplied or nil, defaults to '*' # namespaces:: # If supplied, a Hash which defines a namespace mapping # # XPath.each( node ) { |el| ... } # XPath.each( node, '/*[@attr='v']' ) { |el| ... } # XPath.each( node, 'ancestor::x' ) { |el| ... } def XPath::each element, path=nil, namespaces=nil, variables={}, &block raise "The namespaces argument, if supplied, must be a hash object." unless namespaces.nil? or namespaces.kind_of?(Hash) raise "The variables argument, if supplied, must be a hash object." unless variables.kind_of?(Hash) parser = XPathParser.new parser.namespaces = namespaces parser.variables = variables path = "*" unless path element = [element] unless element.kind_of? Array parser.parse(path, element).each( &block ) end # Returns an array of nodes matching a given XPath. def XPath::match element, path=nil, namespaces=nil, variables={} parser = XPathParser.new parser.namespaces = namespaces parser.variables = variables path = "*" unless path element = [element] unless element.kind_of? Array parser.parse(path,element) end end end